Uganda
AssociationUganda Badminton Association (UBA)
ConfederationBCA (Africa)
PresidentAnnet Nakamya
BWF ranking
Current ranking38 Increase 4 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking38 (2 January 2024)
African Mixed Team Championships
Appearances6 (first in 2004)
Best resultSemi-finals (2011)
African Men's Team Championships
Appearances7 (first in 2004)
Best resultFourth place (2004)
African Women's Team Championships
Appearances6 (first in 2004)
Best resultRunners-up (2022)

The Uganda national badminton team (Luganda: Ttiimu y'eggwanga eya Uganda eya badminton) represents Uganda in international badminton team competitions.[1][2] It is controlled by the Uganda Badminton Association, the governing body for Ugandan badminton located in Kampala.

Uganda has never competed in the Thomas Cup, the Uber Cup and the Sudirman Cup. Uganda made its Olympic badminton debut in the 2008 Summer Olympics when Edwin Ekiring received a wildcard entry to participate.

The Ugandan women's team were runners-up once in the All Africa Women's Team Badminton Championships. The mixed team were semifinalists in the 2021 African Badminton Championships mixed team event. The men's team's best result was achieving a quarterfinal position 2010 All Africa Men's Team Badminton Championships.

Competitive record

Commonwealth Games

African Games

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
2003 Did not enter
2007
2011 Quarter-finals 6th
2015 Quarter-finals 7th
2019 Quarter-finals 7th
2023 TBD

African Team Championships

Islamic Solidarity Games

FISU World University Games

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
2007 Group stage 18th
2011 Did not enter
2013
2015 Group stage 19th
2017 Group stage 20th
2021 Did not enter
2025 TBD

World University Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
2008 Did not enter
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

Year Round Pos
2000 Did not enter
2002
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018 Group stage 36th
2019 Did not enter
2022
2023
2024 TBD

Commonwealth Youth Games

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
2004 Did not enter

African Youth Games

African Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
1979 Did not enter
1980
1982
1984
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003 Group stage 7th
2005 Group stage 6th
2007 Did not enter
2009 Group stage 5th
2013 Did not enter
2016 Group stage
2021 Semi-finals 4th
2022 Semi-finals 4th
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Brian Kasirye 3 September 2001 183 179 555
Muzafaru Lubega 8 May 2000 517 179 371
Expedito Emuddu 17 August 2003 845 283 494
Augustus Owinyi 24 May 1999 466 283 485
Kenneth Mwambu 23 March 2000 525 326 227
Abdul Swaburuh Ssempiri 28 November 2003 692 326 711
Amos Muyanja 10 April 2000 446 360 -
Thomas Katerega 30 May 2002 794 360 1138

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Fadilah Mohamed Rafi 4 June 2005 116 105 494
Tracy Naluwooza 6 September 2006 230 105 227
Husina Kobugabe 21 March 2001 139 83 371
Gladys Mbabazi 1 May 1996 187 83 -
Kruthum Nalumansi 30 April 2002 416 220 563
Assumpta Owomugisha 10 June 2003 409 220 371
Swabra Nanyonbi 11 July 2004 - - 711
Rajab Shamsa Mbira 19 April 2002 1134 589 1138

Previous squads

African Team Championships

References

  1. ↑ "BWF - Africa Continental Team Championships 2016 - Team matches". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com.
  2. ↑ Yusuf, Ridwan (28 March 2019). "2019 All Africa Badminton Championships: 18 Countries Coming To Rivers – BFN". Concise News. Retrieved 12 April 2019.


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